A 70-Year-Old Grandmother Saves a Man From a Fiery Car Wreck

"It was definitely divine intervention."

She may be 70-years-old and have arthritis, but when Rosemary Carrea saw a van on fire outside of her place of work, she didn't skip a beat. And now, the grandmother of five can officially add "hero" to her title.

As she told People, she was working at the customer service desk at the SuperTarget in Mooresville, North Carolina, when she saw the flames.

"People were standing there and there was smoke billowing out of the windows," she said. "They didn't realize anyone was in the van and then the driver's door opened and folks started yelling that there was somebody in the van and that he was stuck in the car. So I ran to the car to get him out."

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She grabbed the trapped man, who was disabled and could not get out on his own, and started yanking off his burning jacket. Thanks to Carrera's heroic act, he's being treated at a burn center and is expected to recover. And despite not thinking about her own security, she walked away without a "burn or anything."

"I was really more afraid for his safety — all I knew was I had to get him out of there," she recalled. "It was definitely divine intervention."